Grunt: A Marine's True Story 1967-1968

By Allen J Miller

I had no place to live, my family was poor.This forced me to quit high school and join the Marine Corps.I made it through boot camp, I gave them no lip. I was sent for more training on a Navy helicopter ship.Just seventeen, and not yet to be laid.My first liberty port was San Juan, ten dollars I paid.Now that I am eighteen my records will show, it's off to Vietnam, it's my turn to go.I was in country with my brother, I heard a dying marine crying out for his mother.A defective m16, no food in my pack. A black man getting killed just because he was black.No toothpaste, no soap, apology enclosed to Bob Hope.If your not dead your dying, laughter was a substitute for crying.Iv'e lost time, Iv'e lost friends, I have one purple heart, all my problems were behind me or did they just start?Back home I was a killer, on base I was unfit, we were winning while I was over there, we weren't the ones who quit.This is a true story, I had a good look, I put you along side me while you are reading this book!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1475113277
• ISBN13: 9781475113273
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"